Why might Hamlet have used a chameleon to explain how he is doing? Excellent, i' faith, of the chameleon’s dish. I eat the air, promise-crammed. / Wonderful! I eat the air, like chameleons do. I’m positively stuffed with air, I eat so much of it.

A.) Chameleons can change their appearance to hide what they really are.
B.) Chameleons were inexpensive and therefore common pets in London at that time.
C.) Chameleons are generally considered to be cheerful and Hamlet was in such a mood.
D.) Chameleons were a favorite animal of his father, the murdered king.

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.